THE RACE TRACK

Monmouth seems to be getting faster. The other afternoon, Nahodah, who has never been noted for his speed, won the Salvator Mile there in 1:34 3/5, lowering by two and a fifth seconds the track record for the distance, which was set two years ago by Helioscope. The Salvator was named for a famous horse of the early nineties, who ran a mile against time over a straight course at an older Monmouth Park. There was a great to-do when he was clocked in 1:35 1/2, and the record still stands, but only because there are no mile straightaways in the country now.